Improved bottle-filler



MPETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D ZZ4 lUNirEn STATES PATENTDiemen@` THEODORE OOCHEN, OF WILLIAMSBURG, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED BOTTLE-Fl LLE R.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,242, dated June 5,1866.

To all whom t't may concern:

Be it known that I, THEoDoRE CocHEN, of Williamsburg, Kings county, andState ot" New York, have invented a newand useful AutomaticBottle-Filler; and I do hereby declare that the following is a f'ull,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a partof' this specification, in which- Figure l is atop view of my invention;Fig. 2, a side elevation; Fig. 3 a, longitudinal section 5 and Fig. 4 aview of the siphon detached from the reservoir.

This invention relates to a novel device for filling bottles, demijohns,kegs, Ste., with iluid matter to any desired height within the saidvessels, but is more especially applicable to the iillin g of' bottleswith perfumery, medicine, and other fluid preparations made by druggistsand others; and it consists of' a reservoir or vat containing asupply-pi pe with a plug-valve and float, and a siphon with a valve onits outer end actuated by a spiral spring and the lip ot the bottle tobe lilled, so that the attendant merely places the empty bottle to hefilled 0n the outer end of the siphon, and in doing so opens theSiphon-valve, permitting the fluid to ilow from the reservoir into thebottle, and when the duid rises to the desired height within the bottle(which is determined by the Heat attached to the valve in,the reservoir)the fluid will cease to run until the introduction of' another emptybottle on the siphon, when the same operation will be performed, and soon for any desired number.

Having described the nature of my invention, I will now describe itsconstruction and mode of operation.

In the drawings, A represents the reservoir which contains the iiuidwith which the empty bottles are to be illed 5 B, the supply pipe, withvalve-chamberG; D, thesupply-pipe valve; E, the valve-stem guide; F, thevalve-stem, with screw f, for reception of the swivelnutI 5 G, thefloat, with bearin g H, which sustains the swivel screw-nut I foradjusting the height of the ioat on the valve-stein in relation to thequantity of iluid with which the bottles are to be filled.

Kisthe siphon, attached to the reservoir bya tubular hin gefastenin g, L5 M, the cock through which the air in the siphon is drawn outpreparatory to the fluid being forced into the siphon by the pressure ofthe atmosphere.

N is the shorter leg, placed in the fluid in the reservoir, while 0 isthe longer leg, carrying the valve. This valve consists of' a circularaperture, P, near to the lower end of the leg O of' the siphon and atube or sheath, R, which slides freely over the aperture and on the saidleg. The leg O has also, near its lower end, a flange, S, connected tothe said leg by a screw, t, the object of' the flange S being to sustaina packin g-rian g, u, for reception of the tube R, so that as the tube Ris (by means of the spring V) pressed down upon the packing the saidtube will not only close the aperture P, but make ay water-tight jointwith the packing-ring during the interval of' removing the filled bottlefrom the stand W and placing an empty one thereon, and thus the chargeis retained in the siphon in the meantime.

The operation of my invention is as follows: rlhe fluid being let onwill pass down the supplypipe B, through the valve-chamber C, and intothe reservoir A, ascending in the reservoir until the duid strikes thellaa-t G, thereby closing the plugvalve D. The -iioat being alreadyadjusted (by means of the valve-stem F and swivel-nut l) to the desiredheight of the tiuid in the bottle to be lled, and the shorter leg of thesiphon immersed in the fluid, I next draw the air from the siphonthrough the cock M, and close the cock again, and I now introduce thebottle to be iilled on the valve end of the siphon, and in doing sopress the neck of the bottle against the flange r of the valve and thebase of the vessel resting on the stand W, when it is plain to be seenthe Siphon-valve will be opened and the bottle filled to the desiredheight, and as the fluid is drawn off from the reservoir the float willdrop and the supply-valve open enough to supply the place of that drawnoi'r", and as the bottle is removed the spring V will press the sheathIt on its seat, and the siphon-valve will be closed again, and retainits charge for the next bottle without aid from the attendant.

I would here remark that any desired number of siphons maybe usedwithout alteration or addition to my device except enlarging thereservoir.

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Havingdesoribed my invention, What-Iciailn, charge-viz., the valve D,Valve-stem F5 nut I, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is andfloat Gr, when in combination with the res- A d 1. Placing,` a valve atthe discharging end of ervoir and siphon7 substantially as and for theh* the siphon and operating the same by an aupurposes set forth anddescribed. tomatic movement, said valve consisting ofthe In testimonywhereof. I have hereunto set aperture P, the packing2g-ringv u, thesheath R my signature. 1, and spring V, or their equivalents, substan-THEODORE COGHEN. f tially as set forth. Witnesses:

2. The peculiar arrangement of the parts GEO. H. HARRISON. which producea uniformity of supply and dis- A. NEILL. Y `r

